Irises all around – grand and in their full glory. Watching videos from links in our Spring More Nature Study ebook and studying up close the intricate design.

Wildflowers and everything outside on Easter. A poppy and bachelor’s button.

Spring birds. Robins, as if on on cue, start to frequent our yard the week of the American robin outdoor hour challenge. They bathe in the mud puddles from our spring break plastic pool. They pull worms diligently.

The children and I sketch with pastels. The orange and reds make almost a perfect match of his red breast. Others have noticed a wren, towhees and brown-headed cowbirds. We listen long to the sweet call of a Carolina wren.

We get down close and notice some ants. We stand tall and soak up the sun and brilliant blue skies.

Even when the sun sets we can’t help but notice. Moon and Venus.

It’s a delight. Spring has definitely sprung.

Many thanks to Barb-Harmony Art Mom and her Handbook of Nature Study Outdoor Hour Challenges. For the prompts, the tools – and for helping us build the growing excitement to learn more.

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

This is like four nature studies in one big entry: robin, iris, poppy, and dogwood. What says spring more than that?

I love the image with the butterfly and bees on the flowers…wow! We are just dreaming of that scene right now here in our part of the world….I will enjoy an early spring preview through your blog. It is cheering me up on this rather cold and very rainy day.

We do not have any irises in our yard but our neighbor has about a thousand. I should ask if I can divide some out and put them along my border like yours…pretty. Thanks for sharing your spring.

You should definitely ask your neighbor for some irises! And, yes, one pretty red poppy over at my aunt and uncle’s house on Easter! Those bees and the butterfly were right out our family room window. The bees are loving those little daisies. We had to move a patch of them out of the way of the mower but Littlest Girl also created a border and made it her own garden. Thrilled with the bees!